1. NC FALCON: Helping Students Soar to Success Sarah McManus

2. NC FALCON North Carolina’s Formative Assessment Learning Community’s Online Network

3. Agenda Welcome and Overview Why Formative Assessment? FA and Three Driving Questions NC FALCON Your Role

4. Why Formative Assessment? Note: Information in this section was from: CONFIDENCE: How winning and losing streaks begin and end by: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, published 2004 CCSSO EAG Orientation, 2007 Presentation by Richard Stiggins, Assessment Training Institute

6. Definition of Formative Assessment Formative assessment is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve intended instructional outcomes (CCSSO FAST SCASS, 2006). Click here to access NC FALCON

7. Formative Assessment Model

8. Research Related to Formative Assessment Increase in meta-cognitive skills Increase in motivation Increase in self-efficacy Increase in learning Decrease in the achievement gap

9. Contributors - Internal Accountability Services –Test Development –Testing Policy & Operations Career and Technical Education –Business, Marketing and Health Occupations –Industrial Technology and Human Services Deputy Chief Academic Officer District and School Transformation –Reading First –School Turnaround Exceptional Children –Behavioral Support and Special Programs –Instructional Support and Related Services –Program Improvement and Professional Development K-12 Curriculum, Instruction and Technology –Healthy Schools

10. Contributors - Internal (Cont.) –K-12 Language Arts –K-12 Social Studies –K-12 Science –K-12 Mathematics –K-12 Program Areas –Primary Education NC Virtual Public School Talent Management and Development –Office of Professional Development

11. Contributors – Districts/Charters Total - 32 Bertie County Schools Burke County Schools Central Park School for Child Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Chatham County Schools Cleveland County Schools Craven County Schools Cumberland County Schools Dare County Schools Davidson County Schools

12. Contributors – Districts/Charters (Cont.) Durham Public Schools Guilford County Henderson County Schools Hickory City Schools Iredell-Statesville Schools Johnston County Schools Lee County Schools Montgomery County Schools Moore County Schools Onslow County Schools Richmond County Schools

13. Contributors – Districts/Charters (Cont.) Robeson County Schools Rowan-Salisbury Schools Rutherford County Schools Sampson County Schools Transylvania County Schools Union County Schools Wake County Schools Watauga County Schools Wilson County Schools Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Schools

14. Contributors – External Partners and Sources Margaret Heritage, Assistant Director for Professional Development, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, & Student Testing (CRESST), UCLA Rick Stiggins, Assessment Training Institute, Educational Testing Services (ETS) Shirley Carraway and John Ross at Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center (ARCC) Jim Pellegrino, University of Chicago Nina Arshavsky, SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Wendy McCloskey, SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Susan Butler, Chair, Social Sciences Gulf Coast Community College Technical Outreach for Public Schools (TOPS) MetaMetrics

15. Contributors – External Partners and Sources (Cont.) Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) FAST SCASS –Alaska –Arizona –Arkansas –Connecticut –Delaware –Florida –Illinois –Indiana –Kentucky –Louisiana –Maine –Michigan –Nebraska –Nevada –North Carolina

16. Contributors – External Partners and Sources (Cont.) –Ohio –South Carolina –Wisconsin –Wyoming –Center for Assessment –Center Point Assessment Solutions, Inc. –Compass Learning –Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) –National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, & Student Testing (CRESST) –Educational Testing Service –Measured Progress –Measurement Incorporated –Pearson

17. Contributors – External Partners and Sources (Cont.) Renaissance Learning Texas Instruments Incorporated UCLA US Department of Education Wireless Generation

18. Available 24/7 One consistent message Blended learning opportunities Reflective activities Hands-on activities Self-Assessment Collaboration through PLCs

19. Formative Assessment Plan Example

20. Interactive Flash Activities

21. Vignettes

22. Classroom Application For the Analysis of Formative Assessment in My School document, click here.click here.

23. Online Learning Communities http://center.ncsu.edu/falcon/

24. Access to NC Falcon http://center.ncsu.edu/falcon/ Valid NC Registration Account Required

25. State roll-out Presentation to State Board of Education Information sent to Superintendents, Principals, Instructional Staff NC FALCON Orientations for LEAs Presentations at conferences (Healthy Students, NCCTM, etc) Online PLC monitoring Technical Support for Developing the Implementation Plans and FA PD via Webinars and Face-to-Face

26. Your Role LEA Team decides how NC FALCON will be implemented at the district and school level LEA Teams will develop an implementation plan and post in the Falcon Forum so that NCDPI and other LEAs can have access to them.

27. Questions to Consider Will district staff go through NC FALCON first? How will school administrators be notified about participation in NC FALCON? When will teachers be provided access to NC FALCON? What information will be provided to teachers when access is requested at the local level? How will the district/schools provide support and time for teachers to complete the modules and working in PLCs to discuss application?

28. Questions?

29. Thank you! Information used from Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s book CONFIDENCE: How winning and losing streaks begin and end CCSSO EAG Orientation Richard Stiggins, Assessment Training Institute,